Monday, 7 December 2015

No 11568, Monday 07 Dec 2015, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Cover that's yielding? Not exactly! (7,4) PLASTIC CROP ? [CD] (Correction - PLASTIC WRAP [CD] - See comments)
9   Surround club after fellows don't start at five (7) ENVIRON {mEN}{V}{IRON}
10 Such a person keeps on postponing leaving (7) STAYING ? [CD]
11 Almost everyone go into male child's room (5) SALON {ALl} in {SON}
12 Yet one should be at home in these matches (4,5) AWAY GAMES [CD]
13 One trapped in grid in disrepair is unable to bend (5) RIGID {1} in {GRID}*
15 Making mad by starting golfing (6,3) TEEING OFF [DD]
18 One who is sluggish like a small bleak vehicle (9) SLOWCOACH {S}{LOW}{COACH}
21 They form enduring attachments (5) GLUES [CD]
22 What did you say? “Visit once more?” (4,5) COME AGAIN [DD]
24 Metal one head of Naxalites obtained (5) INGOT {1}{Na...s}{GOT}
26 She is crazily mad about a country (7) MIRANDA {MAD}* about {IRAN}
27 New carpets in ranges of colours (7) SPECTRA*
28 Run in the raw that proved to be fortunate? Not exactly! (5,6) LUCKY STREAK [CD]

DOWN
1   Request certain southern amusements (9) PLEASURES {PLEA}{SURE}{S}
2   It gets a lot of hammering (5) ANVIL [CD]
3   Lift principally raucous bit in the Nordic lament for the dead (9) THRENODIC {TH(+r)RE}{NO(-r)DIC}
4   Meet prisoner with diplomacy (7) CONTACT {CON}{TACT}
5   Say again others consumed (7) RESTATE {REST}{ATE}
6   Jumped leaving son in collision (5) PRANG sPRANG
7   Forum fit enough to get dense cheeselike soy product (4,4) FIRM TOFU*
8   Sage has son kept down for a long period of time (4) AGES (-s)AGE(+s)S
14 A genuine old coin for a decent score (4,4) GOOD MARK {GOOD} {MARK}
16 Unconcerned General backs General in literature (9) NEGLIGENT {NEG<=}{LI{GEN}T}
17 Not one for slowcoaches? (4,5) FAST TRACK [CD]
19 Old church goes for retarded mother in biblical language (7) ARAMAIC {AR(-ch)+(ma<=)AMAIC}
20 Sharpen pen in candour (7) HONESTY {HONE}{STY}
22 You may part with this dressing room tool (4) COMB [CD]
23 Cancel yearbook missing third of chapters (5) ANNUL ANNUaL
25 A defeated solver's cry on good tome falling apart (3,2) GOT ME {G}{OT ME*}

GRID

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26 comments:

  1. Vasant7 December 2015 at 08:31

    I put in 1A as PLASTIC WRAP

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  2. Suresh7 December 2015 at 08:41

    I had Plastic Grip

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  3. Suresh7 December 2015 at 08:42

    Why should one be at home during an away game

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 December 2015 at 08:48

      No idea. We'll have to Get Idea to find out:-)

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    2. RameshJ7 December 2015 at 08:51

      If you want to win, you should feel at home even in away games.

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    3. Chaturvasi7 December 2015 at 09:10

      That was the idea. Only when you're 'at home' while playing an away game, there are chances of winning.
      The clue may be poor, but then...

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  4. Col_Gopinath7 December 2015 at 08:46

    As per me Wrap/Grip/Crop all fit we'll have to wait for Gridmans response

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    1. RameshJ7 December 2015 at 08:49

      Wrap is a cover. Others aren't. Expect it to be 'wrap'

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    2. Col_Gopinath7 December 2015 at 09:05

      See the link provided by me. Wrap doesn't yield anything

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    3. RameshJ7 December 2015 at 09:15

      I presume Gridman used yielding in the sense of being flexible & giving way

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    4. Chaturvasi7 December 2015 at 09:57

      I agree it's a vague clue but WRAP fits in better than other suggestions.
      Haven't we heard of aluminium wraps for packing food for our outdoor picnics?
      Yes, 'yielding' gives PLASTIC.

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    5. Chaturvasi7 December 2015 at 10:00

      Does GRIP or CROP go with 'cover'?

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    6. Suresh7 December 2015 at 10:08

      I think so. I put in grip as a cover on a handle of a tennis racquet, say. And it is not exactly yielding.

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  5. Vasant7 December 2015 at 08:51

    The puzzle didnt 25A..it was an easy solve except for NE corner which took time..

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 December 2015 at 09:07

      Does the easy solve include 'Threnodic'

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    2. Vasant7 December 2015 at 09:28

      Threnodic was tough..so were prang & Firm Tofu...the last requiring google

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV7 December 2015 at 09:31

    Elsewhere I saw an English teacher explaining in an youtube video that the nursery rhyme, Ringa Ringa roses is actually a Threnodic. I believe it was Ring of rashes.

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV7 December 2015 at 09:39

    RJ is mentioned in The Telegraph: http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/details/156471-34137799.html
    The article itself seems to have been written by one of the IXL participants.

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    1. RameshJ7 December 2015 at 10:47

      At the time when folks from Daily Telegraph spoke to me, I did not know that the date of the final was 25th Dec

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    2. raju umamaheswar7 December 2015 at 19:53

      Is this Telegraph a sister publication of the one in UK? Is it available
      only in the Metro cities ? Does it carry any crossword -cryptic or otherwise? Can I have more details?

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    3. raju umamaheswar7 December 2015 at 19:55

      The article in the Telegraph is interesting. Thanks CGBji for bringing it to the notice of all of us .

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  8. Chaturvasi7 December 2015 at 10:02

    I chose the THRENODIC clue for today's
    https://www.facebook.com/thc7115/?fref=ts

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  9. Unknown7 December 2015 at 11:26

    I wrote Plastic wrap for 1A. Seemed to fit the meaning of the clue.
    Good morning all. It's been a while!

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  10. Deepak Gopinath7 December 2015 at 12:35

    Whoever it is at The Hindu has conveniently taken the excuse of the floods (I think so) to not upload the CW in the online edition of the paper. It has not appeared after 11563

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